WO2013074855A1 - Interface de plan de contrôle pour services logiques de boîtier intermédiaire - Google Patents

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WO2013074855A1
WO2013074855A1 PCT/US2012/065383 US2012065383W WO2013074855A1 WO 2013074855 A1 WO2013074855 A1 WO 2013074855A1 US 2012065383 W US2012065383 W US 2012065383W WO 2013074855 A1 WO2013074855 A1 WO 2013074855A1
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  • Networks have traditionally been managed through low-level configuration of individual network components. Network configurations often depend on the underlying network: for example, blocking a user's access with an access control list (“ACL") entry requires knowing the user's current IP address. More complicated tasks require more extensive network knowledge: forcing guest users' port 80 traffic to traverse an HTTP proxy requires knowing the current network topology and the location of each guest. This process is of increased difficulty where the network switching elements are shared across multiple users.
  • ACL access control list
  • SDN Software-Defined Networking
  • a network controller running on one or more servers in a network, controls, maintains, and implements control logic that governs the forwarding behavior of shared network switching elements on a per user basis. Making network management decisions often requires knowledge of the network state.
  • the network controller creates and maintains a view of the network state and provides an application programming interface upon which management applications may access a view of the network state.
  • Some embodiments provide a non-transitory machine readable medium of a first middlebox element of several middlebox elements to implement a middlebox instance in a distributed manner in several hosts.
  • the non-transitory machine readable medium stores a set of instructions for receiving (1) configuration data for configuring the middlebox instance to implement a middlebox in a logical network and (2) a particular identifier associated with the middlebox in the logical network.
  • the non-transitory machine readable medium stores a set of instructions for generating (1) a set of rules to process packets for the middlebox in the logical network and (2) an internal identifier associated with the set of rules.
  • the non- transitory machine readable medium stores a set of instructions for associating the particular identifier with the internal identifier for later processing of packets having the particular identifier.
  • Figure 1 conceptually illustrates an example deployment of a middlebox in a logical network according to some embodiments of the invention.
  • Figure 2 conceptually illustrates a physical network architecture that implements the logical network illustrated in Figure 1 according to some embodiments of the invention.
  • Figure 3 conceptually illustrates another physical network architecture that implements the logical network illustrated in Figure 1 according to some embodiments of the invention.
  • Figure 4 conceptually illustrates a managed network architecture of some embodiments that is used to implement a logical network.
  • FIG 5 conceptually illustrates an example flow of configuration data for the managed network architecture illustrated in Figure 4 according to some embodiments of the invention.
  • Figure 6 illustrates example architecture of a network controller of some embodiments
  • Figure 7 conceptually illustrates a software architecture of a middlebox of some embodiments.
  • Figure 8 conceptually illustrates a technique for creating a middlebox instance according to some embodiments of the invention.
  • Figure 9 conceptually illustrates another technique for creating a middlebox instance according to some embodiments of the invention.
  • FIG. 10 conceptually illustrates an electronic device with which some embodiments of the invention are implemented.
  • Some embodiments provide a non-transitory machine readable medium of a first middlebox element of several middlebox elements to implement a middlebox instance in a distributed manner in several hosts.
  • the non-transitory machine readable medium stores a set of instructions for receiving (1) configuration data for configuring the middlebox instance to implement a middlebox in a logical network and (2) a particular identifier associated with the middlebox in the logical network.
  • the non-transitory machine readable medium stores a set of instructions for generating (1) a set of rules to process packets for the middlebox in the logical network and (2) an internal identifier associated with the set of rules.
  • the non- transitory machine readable medium stores a set of instructions for associating the particular identifier with the internal identifier for later processing of packets having the particular identifier.
  • Section I conceptually describes details of several types of middlebox deployments in a logical network according to some embodiments of the invention.
  • Section II conceptually describes details of the managed network architecture that is used to implement a logical network according to some embodiments of the invention.
  • Section III follows this with a description of a configuration data flow for the managed network architecture of some embodiments.
  • Section IV describes several logical processing examples according to some embodiments of the invention.
  • Section V describes an electronic system that implements some embodiments of the invention.
  • Figure 1 conceptually illustrates an example deployment of a middlebox 160 in a logical network 150 according to some embodiments of the invention. Specifically, Figure 1 illustrates the logical topology of the logical network 150 in which the middlebox 160 is deployed.
  • a user specifies the logical network 150 by providing input (e.g., through a network controller) that describes a logical datapath set (LDPS), which is implemented by a set of network infrastructure switching elements (not shown in Figure 1).
  • LDPS logical datapath set
  • a logical data path set defines a loeical network element.
  • a logical data path set in some embodiments, is a set of network data paths through the set of network infrastructure switching elements that implement the logical network element and the logical network element's defined functionalities.
  • the logical network 150 in this example is a conceptual representation of the LDPS specified by the user.
  • the logical network 150 includes a logical layer 3 (L3) router 155, the middlebox 160, logical layer 2 (L2) switches 165 and 170, and VMs 175-195.
  • the L3 router 155 handles layer 3 routing of network data (e.g., packets) between the L2 switches 165 and 170 and the middlebox 160.
  • the L2 switch 165 forwards network data between the L3 router 155 and the VMs 175 and 180 while the L2 switch 170 forwards network data between the L3 router 155 and the VMs 185- 195.
  • the VMs 175-195 of some embodiments are host machines implemented as virtual machines running on separate and/or shared physical machines.
  • the VMs 175-195 of some embodiments are each assigned a set of network layer host addresses (e.g., a MAC address for network layer 2, an IP address for network layer 3, etc.) and can send and receive network data to and from other network elements over the network.
  • network layer host addresses e.g., a MAC address for network layer 2, an IP address for network layer 3, etc.
  • the middlebox 160 is a networking device that performs one or more operations (e.g., transforming, inspecting, filtering, manipulating, etc.) on network data for purposes other than forwarding of the network data.
  • middleboxes include firewalls, intrusion detection systems, network address translators (e.g., source network address translators (SNATs), destination network address translators (DNATs), etc.), wide area network (WAN) optimizers, etc.
  • the middlebox 160 is a centralized middlebox that is implemented as a physical device, a set of physical devices (e.g., a cluster of physical devices), a virtual machine, a software application or module running on a computing device or a virtual machine, etc.
  • the middlebox 160 of some embodiments is a distributed middlebox that is implemented as several physical devices, sets of physical devices (e.g., clusters of physical devices), virtual machines, software applications or modules running on computing devices or virtual machines, or any combination of the aforementioned implementations.
  • a distributed middlebox shares some or state among the different devices implemented the distributed middlebox while, in other embodiments, the distributed middlebox does not need state sharing capabilities.
  • the middlebox 160 is arranged as bounded or isolated by the L3 router 155 in the logical topology of the logical network 150. That is, network data must go through the L3 router 155 in order to reach the middlebox 160. As such, network data from within the logical network that is specified (1) to be sent over that WAN 130 and (2) to be processed by the middlebox 160 is sent to the middlebox 160 through the L3 router 155. After the middlebox 160 processes such network data, the data is sent back through the L3 router 155 for the L3 router 155 to route the processed network data to its specified destination (e.g., one of the VMs 175-195).
  • the logical topology of the logical network 150 is one exemplary logical network topology into which a middlebox is incorporated. Different embodiment use different logical topologies into which a middlebox is incorporated.
  • the middlebox 160 generates a copy of the processed network data and sends the copy of the processed network data back to the L3 router 155 for routing to the network data's destination.
  • the L3 router 155 receives back from the middlebox 160 new network data (new packets) that is generated by the middlebox 160.
  • the arrangement of the middlebox 160 is referred to as a one-armed out- of-path deployment or a one-arm deployment.
  • the middlebox 160 of some embodiments processes the network data and does not send network data nor a copy of the processed network data back to the L3 router 155.
  • different embodiments use different techniques and/or criteria to forward and route the network data through the logical network 150. For instance, in some embodiments, packets are routed and/or forwarded through the logical network 150 based on the destination address (e.g., a media access control (MAC) address, an Internet protocol (IP) address, etc.) specified in the packets. Some embodiments employ policy-based routing, which uses additional and/or different criteria to determine the manner in which network data is routed and/or forwarded through the logical network 150. Examples of such criteria include the packet's source address, the size of the packet, the protocol of the packet's payload, and/or any other information available in a packet's header or the packet's payload. Additional and/or other techniques are used in some embodiments.
  • MAC media access control
  • IP Internet protocol
  • Figure 2 conceptually illustrates a physical network architecture that implements the logical network 150 illustrated in Figure 1 according to some embodiments of the invention.
  • Figure 2 illustrates an example of implementing the logical network 150 with a set of managed switching elements 265-275 and a centralized middlebox 260.
  • the centralized middlebox 260 implements the middlebox 160 in the logical network 150.
  • the centralized middlebox 260 of some embodiments performs one or more operations (e.g., transforming, inspecting, filterine. manitmlatine. etc.") on network data for purposes other than forwarding of the network data.
  • middleboxes include firewalls, intrusion detection systems, network address translators (e.g., source network address translators (SNATs), destination network address translators (DNATs), etc.), wide area network (WAN) optimizers, etc.
  • the centralized middlebox 260 of some embodiments is implemented as a physical device, a set of physical devices (e.g., a cluster of physical devices), a virtual machine, a software application or module running on a computing device or a virtual machine, etc.
  • the centralized middlebox 260 and the managed switching elements 265-275 communicate with each of through tunnels (e.g., a generic routing encapsulation (GRE) tunnel, a Control And Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) tunnel, a web cache communication protocol (WCCP) tunnel, etc.).
  • GRE generic routing encapsulation
  • CAPWAP Control And Provisioning of Wireless Access Points
  • WCCP web cache communication protocol
  • the centralized middlebox 260 is used to implement multiple middleboxes (e.g., different middleboxes for the same logical network, different middleboxes for different logical networks, etc.).
  • the centralized middlebox 260 of some embodiments creates a middlebox instance (also referred to as a middlebox slice) for each middlebox that the centralized middlebox 260 is requested to implement and associates the middle instance with a unique identifier (e.g., a unique identifier included in the slicing data described below).
  • the managed switching elements 265-275 of some embodiments are switching elements that forward and route network data between network elements coupled to the managed switching elements 265-275.
  • each of the managed switching elements 265-275 is implemented as a physical switching element, a virtual switching element, a software switching element (e.g., an OVS switching element), or any other type of network element that is capable of forwarding and routing network data.
  • the managed switching elements 265-275 are referred to as edge switching elements because they are managed switching elements at the edge of the network infrastructure. That is, the managed switching elements 265-275 are directly connected to network hosts (the VMs 175-195 in this example).
  • a user in some embodiments specifies the logical network 150 by providing input that describes an LDPS, which is conceptually represented by the logical network 150 and is implemented by a set of managed switching elements.
  • the managed switching elements 265-275 and the centralized middlebox 250 are used to implement the LDPS.
  • the network control system of some embodiments receives input from the user and converts the user-provided data into logical control plane (LCP) data, and then converts the LCP data into logical forward plane (LFP) data, which the network control system in turn converts into physical control plane (PCP) data.
  • the network control system sends the PCP data to the set of managed switching elements (the managed switching elements 265-275 in this example) to convert to physical forwarding plane (PFP) data in order to implement the LDPS described by the user-provided LCP data.
  • LCP logical control plane
  • LFP logical forward plane
  • PCP physical control plane
  • the network control system converts the LFP data to universal PCP (UPCP) data.
  • UPCP data in some embodiments is a data plane that enables the control system of some embodiments to scale even when it contains a large number of managed switching elements (e.g., thousands) to implement a LDPS.
  • the UPCP abstracts common characteristics of different managed switching elements in order to express PCP data without considering differences in the managed switching elements and/or location specifics of the managed switching elements.
  • network control system translates the UPCP data into customized PCP (CPCP) data for each managed switching element in order to completely implement LDPSs at the managed switching elements.
  • CPCP customized PCP
  • the network control system (1) generates CPCP data for each managed switching element by expanding the UPCP data to characteristics specific and/or local to the managed switching element (e.g., ports on the managed switching element) and (2) sends the CPCP data to the managed switching element.
  • the network control system of some embodiments sends the UPCP data to each of the managed switching elements for the managed switching element to each generate its own CPCP data, which is used to generate PFP data for the managed switching element.
  • the network control system of some embodiments uses the OpenFlow or OVS application programming interfaces (APIs) provided by the managed switching elements.
  • APIs application programming interfaces
  • the user provides to the network control system middlebox configuration data for configuring the middlebox 160 in the logical network 150. For instance, when the user specifies for the middlebox 160 to serve as a firewall, the user provides filters (e.g., packet filters, stateful filters, application layer filters, etc.) for the middlebox 160. As another example, when the user specifies the middlebox 160 to serve as a load balancer, the user provides network address data (e.g., virtual IPs, real IPs, application layer filters, etc.) and/or load balancing data (e.g., balancing aleorithm. port rules, etc.”) for the middlebox 160.
  • filters e.g., packet filters, stateful filters, application layer filters, etc.
  • load balancer e.g., load balancer
  • the network control system of some embodiments pushes the user-provided middlebox configuration data to the middlebox through a set of APIs provided by the middlebox.
  • the network control system also pushes attachment data along with the middlebox configuration data to the middlebox through the set of APIs.
  • the attachment data for the centralized middlebox 260 includes a tunnel type (e.g., a GRE tunnel, a CAP WAP tunnel, a WCCP tunnel, etc.) for the centralized middlebox 260 to use for sending to and receiving from network data to each of the managed switching elements 265-275.
  • the tunnel type is specified by the user as part of the middlebox configuration data in some embodiments while the network control system automatically determines the tunnel type in other embodiments.
  • the network control system generates slicing data for the centralized middlebox 260 and pushes this data along with the middlebox configuration data to the centralized middlebox 260 through the set of APIs.
  • the slicing data of some embodiments includes a unique identifier associated with a middlebox in a logical network (e.g., the middlebox 160 in the logical network 150 described above by reference to Figure 1).
  • the centralized middlebox 260 uses the unique identifiers of slicing data to implement (1) different middleboxes for a particular logical network and/or (2) different middleboxes for multiple different logical networks.
  • FIG. 2 shows the centralized middlebox 260 directly connected to the managed switching elements 265-275 (via tunnels).
  • the managed switching elements 265-275 are directly connected to the VMs 175-195, which are not directly connected to the centralized middlebox 260. Therefore, network data that is specified to be sent to the centralized middlebox 260 must pass through the managed switching elements 265-275. For instance, network data communicated between any of the VMs 180-190 in the physical network architecture and the centralized middlebox 260 is sent through the managed switching elements 270 in order to reach the centralized middlebox 260. That is, the managed switching element 270 forwards the network data received from the VMs 180-190 to the centralized middlebox 260.
  • the centralized middlebox 260 When the network data reaches the centralized middlebox 260, the centralized middlebox 260 performs its configured functions on the network data. Based on the configured functions of the centralized middlebox 260, the centralized middlebox 260 of some embodiments sends the network data (or a copy of the network data) to a pool node (not shown in Figure 2), such as the pool node described by below bv reference to Figure 3. to perform the first-hop logical processing on the network data and forward the network data to its destination (e.g. one of the VMs 170-190) while, the centralized middlebox 260 of other embodiments does not send the network data back to the managed switching element 270.
  • a pool node not shown in Figure 2
  • the centralized middlebox 260 of other embodiments does not send the network data back to the managed switching element 270.
  • the centralized middlebox 260 forwards the network data to its destination (e.g. one of the VMs 170-190). For instance, in some embodiments where the managed switching elements 265-275 and the centralized middlebox 260 are used to implement a logical network that includes a logical L2 switch and a logical middlebox, the centralized middlebox 260 of some embodiments performs the logical processing (i.e. L2 logical processing) on the network data. Based on the logical forwarding decision, the centralized middlebox 260 forwards the network data to the appropriate managed switching element for forwarding to its destination (e.g. one of the VMs 170-190)
  • the centralized middlebox 260 forwards the network data to the appropriate managed switching element for forwarding to its destination (e.g. one of the VMs 170-190)
  • Figure 3 conceptually illustrates a physical network architecture that implements the logical network illustrated in Figure 1 according to some embodiments of the invention. Specifically, Figure 3 illustrates an example of implementing the logical network 150 with a set of software switching elements and a distributed middlebox.
  • the physical network architecture Figures 3 illustrates a pool node 350 and hosts 360-380.
  • the hosts 360-380 are physical machines (e.g., computing devices, such as computer system) in some embodiments.
  • the hosts 360-380 each includes a software switching element referred to as an Open Virtual Switch (OVS) for forwarding and routing network data between network elements coupled to the OVSs 365- 385 (the VMs 175-195 and the pool node 350 in this example).
  • OVSs 365-385 operate in a virtual machine running on the hosts 360-380.
  • the OVSs 365-385 of some embodiments are referred to as edge switching elements because they are managed switching elements at the edge of the network infrastructure. That is, the OVSs 365-385 are directly connected to network hosts (the VMs 175-195 in this example).
  • a non-edge switching element (the pool node 350 in this example) is a switching element that interconnects the edge switching elements.
  • non-edge switching elements are referred to as interior switching elements.
  • the pool node 350 and the OVSs 365-385 are referred to as managed switching elements as they are managed by a network control system in some embodiments (as opposed to unmanaged switches, which are not managed by the network control system, in the network) in order to implement the logical network 150.
  • Each of the OVSs 365-385 communicates with each of the other OVSs through tunnels (e.e.. a GRE tunnel, a CAPWAP tunnel, a WCCP tunnel, etc.) in some embodiments.
  • the pool node 350 is a managed switching element located at the network interior (i.e., not directly connected to any of the VMs 175-195) that facilitates communication between the VMs 175-195 by processing packets received from the OVSs 365-385 that the OVSs 365-385 cannot process.
  • the pool node 350 is implemented as a physical machine (e.g., a computing device, such as computer system) while, in other embodiments, the pool node 350 is implemented as a virtual machine (not shown in Figure 3) running on a physical machine.
  • the pool node 350 of some embodiments includes an OVS (not shown in Figure 3) for forwarding and routing network data between network elements coupled to the pool node 350 (the OVSs 365-375 in this example).
  • the pool node 350 and the OVSs 365-375 communicate with each other through a tunnel (e.g., a generic routing encapsulation (GRE) tunnel, a Control And Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) tunnel, a web cache communication protocol (WCCP) tunnel, etc.).
  • GRE generic routing encapsulation
  • CAPWAP Control And Provisioning of Wireless Access Points
  • WCCP web cache communication protocol
  • a user in some embodiments specifies the logical network 150 by providing input that describes an LDPS, which is conceptually represented by the logical network 150 and is implemented by a set of managed switching elements.
  • the OVSs 365-385 and the pool node 350 are used to implement the LDPS.
  • the network control system of some embodiments receives input from the user and converts the user-provided data into LCP data, and then converts the LCP data into LFP data, which the network control system in turn converts into PCP data.
  • the network control system sends the PCP data to the managed switching elements to convert to PFP data in order to implement the LDPS described by the user-provided LCP data.
  • the network control system converts the LFP data to universal
  • PCP (UPCP) data in some embodiments is a data plane that enables the control system of some embodiments to scale even when it contains a large number of managed switching elements (e.g., thousands) to implement a LDPS.
  • the UPCP abstracts common characteristics of different managed switching elements in order to express PCP data without considering differences in the managed switching elements and/or location specifics of the managed switching elements.
  • network control system translates the UPCP data into customized PCP (CPCP) data for each managed switching element in order to completely implement LDPSs at the managed switching elements.
  • CPCP customized PCP
  • the network control system (1) generates CPCP data for each managed switching element by expanding the UPCP data to characteristics specific and/or local to the managed switching element (e.g., ports on the managed switching element) and (2) sends the CPCP data to the managed switching element.
  • the network control system of some embodiments sends the UPCP data to each of the managed switching elements for the managed switching elements to each generate its own CPCP data, which is used to generate PFP data for the managed switching element.
  • the network control system of some embodiments uses the OpenFlow or OVS APIs provided by the managed switching elements.
  • the middlebox 160 in the logical network 150 illustrated in Figure 1 is implemented in a distributed manner by middlebox element 305, which is running on host 360, middlebox element 310, which is running on host 365, and middlebox element 315, which is running on host 380.
  • the middlebox elements 305-315 function collectively as a single middlebox that implements the middlebox 160 in the logical network 150 to performs one or more operations (e.g., transforming, inspecting, filtering, manipulating, etc.) on network data for purposes other than forwarding of the network data.
  • each of the middlebox elements 305-315 is implemented as a software application or module running on a virtual machine on the corresponding hosts 360-380.
  • a middlebox when a user specifies a middlebox for a logical network, the user also provides input for configuring the middlebox. For example, when the user specifies a wide area network (WAN) optimizer or an intrusion detection system (IDS), the user provides a set of policies that specifies the type of network data to forward to the WAN optimizer or IDS for processing. The user provides different configuration data for different middleboxes in different embodiments.
  • WAN wide area network
  • IDS intrusion detection system
  • the network control system described above that is used to configure and provision the OVSs 365-385 to implement the logical network 150 is used to provision the middlebox elements 305-315 in some embodiments.
  • the network control system identifies a set of nodes (e.g., hosts) over which the middlebox configuration should be implemented, and distributes the configuration to these nodes (e.g., through a set of controllers). For this example, the user provides to the network control system middlebox configuration data for configuring the middlebox 160 in the logical network 150.
  • the network control svstem of some embodiments pushes the user-provided middlebox configuration data to each of the middlebox elements 305-315 through a set of APIs provided by the middlebox element.
  • the network control system also pushes attachment data for the middlebox elements 305-315 with the middlebox configuration data to each of the middlebox elements 305-315 through the set of APIs.
  • attachment data for each middlebox element 305-315 includes a software port of the managed switching element operating in the same host as the middlebox element.
  • the network control system generates slicing data for the middlebox elements 305-315 and pushes this data along with the middlebox configuration data to each of the middlebox elements 305-315 through the set of APIs.
  • the slicing data of some embodiments includes a unique identifier associated with a middlebox in a logical network (e.g., the middlebox 160 in the logical network 150 described above by reference to Figure 1).
  • the middlebox elements 305-315 uses the unique identifiers of slicing data to implement (1) different middleboxes for a particular logical network and/or (2) different middleboxes for multiple different logical networks.
  • Figure 3 illustrates the middlebox 160 in the logical network 150 implemented by the middlebox elements 305-315 running on hosts 360-380.
  • the middlebox element and the OVS operating on the same host e.g., the middlebox element 305 and the OVS 365, the middlebox element 310 and the OVS 375, or the middlebox element 315 and the OVS 385) negotiate a software port on the OVS through which to transfer network data.
  • the OVS receives network data that is specified to be forwarded to the middlebox element, the OVS forwards the network data through the software port to the managed switching element.
  • the middlebox element in some embodiments sends the network data (or a copy of the network data) back to the OVS through the negotiated software port. In some embodiments, the middlebox element does not send the network data back to the OVS.
  • the network control system of some embodiments manages a set of switching elements in the physical network infrastructure in order to implement LDPSs (i.e., logical networks).
  • Figure 4 conceptually illustrates a managed network architecture of some embodiments that is used to implement a logical network (e.g., the logical network 150 described above by reference to Figure 1). Specifically, Figure 4 illustrates a user 400, a logical controller 405, physical controllers 410 and 415, managed switching elements 420- 435, and a middlebox 440.
  • each of the controllers in a network control system has the capability to function as a logical controller and/or physical controller.
  • a given controller may only have the functionality to operate as a particular one of the types of controller (e.g., as a physical controller).
  • different combinations of controllers may run in the same physical machine. For instance, the logical controller 405 and the physical controller 410 may run in the same computing device, with which a user interacts.
  • the logical controller 405 in some embodiments is responsible for implementing LDPSs by computing UPCP data (e.g., universal flow entries that are generic expressions of flow entries) for the physical controllers 410 and 415 and the managed switching elements 420-435 to implement the LDPSs.
  • UPCP data e.g., universal flow entries that are generic expressions of flow entries
  • more than one logical controller can be masters of the same LDPS in some embodiments.
  • a logical controller of some embodiments can be the master of more than one LDPS.
  • a user specifies a logical network by providing input that describes an LDPS.
  • the input might be related to creating a logical network, modifying the logical network, and/or deleting the logical network in some embodiments.
  • the logical controller 405 allows the user 400 to specify a logical network through the logical controller 405.
  • the user 400 may also provide policy-based routing data that specifies the type of network data to be optimized by the middlebox.
  • the logical controller 405 includes an input module (not shown in Figure 4), such as an input translation application, for translating the input provided by the user 400 into LCP data while, in other embodiments, the input module runs on a separate controller and the logical controller 405 receives the LCP data from the input module on the separate controller.
  • the logical controller 405 of some embodiments provides the user input to the input module in the form of API calls.
  • the logical controller 405 also includes a control module (e.g., a control application) that generates LFP data from the LCP data output by the input module.
  • the logical controller 405 of some embodiments further includes a virtualization module (e.g., a virtualization application) that generates UPCP from the LFP data output by the control module and sends the UPCP data to the physical controllers 410 and 415.
  • a virtualization module e.g., a virtualization application
  • a logical controller identifies a set of physical controllers that are masters of the managed switching elements that implement LDPSs.
  • the managed switching elements 420-435 are responsible for implementing LDPSs and, thus, the logical controller 405 identifies the physical controllers 410 and 415 and sends each of the physical controllers 410 and 415 the generated UPCP data.
  • only one physical controller manages a particular managed switching element.
  • the physical controllers 410 and 415 of some embodiments generate CPCP data (e.g., customized flow entries from universal flow entries) and push these CPCP data down to the managed switching elements 420-435 and the middlebox 440.
  • the physical controllers 410 and 415 push the UPCP data to the managed switching elements 420-435 and the managed switching elements 420-435 each generates CPCP data for its own respective managed switching element.
  • the physical controllers 410 and 415 access the managed switching elements 420-435 by using the OpenFlow or OVS APIs provided by the switching elements.
  • the physical controller 415 manages the middlebox 440, which is a centralized middlebox in this example.
  • the physical controller 415 of some embodiments pushes user-provided middlebox configuration data to the middlebox 440 through a set of APIs provided by the middlebox 440.
  • the physical controller 415 also pushes attachment data to the middlebox 440 through the set of APIs.
  • the attachment data in some embodiments includes a tunnel type (e.g., a GRE tunnel, a CAPWAP tunnel, a WCCP tunnel, etc.) for the middlebox 440 to use for sending to and receiving from network data to each of the managed switching elements 420-435.
  • a tunnel type e.g., a GRE tunnel, a CAPWAP tunnel, a WCCP tunnel, etc.
  • the tunnel type is specified by the user as part of the middlebox configuration data while, in other embodiments, the physical controller 415 automatically determines the tunnel type.
  • the physical controller 415 generates slicing data for the middlebox 440 and pushes this data along with the middlebox configuration data to the middlebox 440 through the set of APIs.
  • the slicing data of some embodiments includes a unique identifier associated with a middlebox in a logical network (e.g., the middlebox 160 in the logical network 150 described above by reference to Figure 1).
  • the managed switching elements of some embodiments handle the implementation of LDPSs.
  • the managed switching elements 420- 435 implement LDPSs by generating PFP data based on the CPCF that the managed switching elements 420-435 receives from the physical controllers 410 and 415.
  • the managed switching elements 420-435 of some embodiments receives UPCP data from the physical controllers 410 and 415.
  • each of the managed switching elements 420-435 generates CPCP data from the UPCP data and then generates the PFP data from the generated CPCP data.
  • the middlebox 440 receives configuration data from the physical controller 415 and, in response, translates the configuration data info a form that is usable by the middlebox 440.
  • the middlebox configuration data is in a particular language that expresses the packet processing, analysis, modification, etc. rules.
  • the middlebox 440 of some such embodiments compiles these rules into more optimized packet classification rules. In some embodiments, this transformation is similar to the PCP data to PFP data translation.
  • the middlebox 440 applies the compiled optimized rules in order to efficiently and quickly perform its operations on the packet.
  • the middlebox 440 is a physical device, a set of physical devices (e.g., a cluster of physical devices), a software application or module running on a computing device or a virtual machine, etc.
  • the middlebox 440 of some embodiments is used for implementing multiple middleboxes responsible (e.g., different middleboxes for the same logical network, different middleboxes for different logical networks, etc.).
  • the middlebox 440 creates and manages a middlebox instance for operating on the middlebox 440.
  • the middlebox 440 receives through an API a request from the physical controller 415 to create a middlebox instance 445, the middlebox 440 instantiates a middlebox instance 445 and configures it using the middlebox data received from the physical controller 415.
  • the middlebox 440 of some embodiments provides state information and/or statistical information to the user of the network control system.
  • the middlebox 440 receives requests for such information from the physical controller 415 (or the logical controller 405 in some embodiments) through API calls, the middlebox 440 sends to the physical controller 415 (or the logical controller 405 in some embodiments) the requested state information and/or statistical information regarding the middlebox 440.
  • the logical controller 405, the physical controllers 410 and 415, and the managed switching elements 420-435 use a table matmine eneine referred to as nLog that is based on a variation of the datalog database language in order to generate the different types of data (e.g., LCP data, LFP data, UPCP data, CPCP data, PFP data, WAN configuration data, etc.).
  • nLog table matmine eneine
  • the logical controller 405 inputs LCP data to an input table of the table mapping engine of some embodiments and the table mapping engine automatically generates LFP data, which the table mapping engine stores in one of its output tables. Details of the table mapping engine of some embodiments are described below by reference to Figure 6.
  • the managed network architecture illustrated in Figure 4 processes non-user changes to LDPSs.
  • the logical controller 405 computes UPCP data based on the changes and propagates the UPCP to the physical controllers 410 and 415 to in turn propagate to the managed switching elements 420- 435 and the middlebox 440.
  • Figure 5 conceptually illustrates an example flow of configuration data for the managed network architecture illustrated in Figure 4 according to some embodiments of the invention.
  • the left side of Figure 5 illustrates the flow of configuration data for a LPDS
  • the right side of Figure 5 illustrates the flow of configuration data for the middlebox 440.
  • the logical controller 405 receives network configuration data (from a user) through a set of APIs provided by the logical controller 405.
  • the network configuration data in this example describes an LDPS (i.e., a logical network, such at the logical network 150).
  • the logical controller 405 includes an input module (not shown in Figure 5), such as an input translation application, for generating LCP data from the network configuration data while, in other embodiments, the input module runs on a separate controller and the logical controller 405 receives the LCP data from the input module on the separate controller.
  • the logical controller 405 of some embodiments provides the network configuration data to the input module through a set of API calls.
  • the logical controller 405 generates the UPCP data from the LCP data by converting the LCP data to LFP data and then converting the LFP data to UPCP.
  • the logical controller 405 includes a control module (not shown in Figure 5) that is responsible for generating the LFP data from the LCP data and a virtualization module (not shown in Figure 5) that handles the generation of the UPCP data from the LFP data.
  • the logical controller 405 sends the generated UPCP data to the physical controllers 410 and 415.
  • the physical controllers 410 and 415 generate, from the received UPCP data, CPCP data for each of the managed switching elements 420-435 and sends the CPCP data to each of the managed switching elements 420- 435.
  • the physical controllers 410 and 415 communicate with and configure the managed switching elements 420-435 through the OpenFlow or OVS APIs provided by the managed switching elements 420-435.
  • the physical controllers 410 and 415 of some embodiments also sends attachment data and slicing data along with the CPCP data to the managed switching elements 420-435.
  • the attachment data of some embodiments includes a tunnel type (e.g., a GRE tunnel, a CAP WAP tunnel, a WCCP tunnel, etc.) for the middlebox 440 to use for sending and receiving network data to each of the managed switching elements 420-435.
  • the tunnel type is specified by the user as part of the middlebox configuration data while, in other embodiments, the physical controller 415 automatically determines the tunnel type.
  • the physical controller 415 generates the slicing data for the middlebox 440 and pushes this data along with the middlebox configuration data to the middlebox 440 through the set of APIs.
  • the slicing data of some embodiments includes a unique identifier associated with a middlebox in a logical network (e.g., the middlebox 160 in the logical network 150 described above by reference to Figure 1).
  • the middlebox 440 uses the unique identifiers of slicing data to implement (1) different middleboxes for a particular logical network and/or (2) different middleboxes for multiple different logical networks.
  • each of the managed switching elements 420-435 adds slicing information to a packet.
  • the slicing information is a tag that indicates a middlebox instance in the middlebox 440 for the middlebox 440 to use to process the packet.
  • the managed switching element 420-435 when the managed switching element receives the CPCP data, the managed switching element generates PFP data for implementing the LDPS. Instead of sending CPCP data, in some embodiments, the physical controllers 410 and 415 send the UPCP data to the managed switching elements 420-435.
  • the managed switching elements 420-435 of some such embodiments each generates its own CPCP data from the UPCP data and then generates the PFP data from the generated CPCP data.
  • the right side of Figure 5 shows that the network configuration data provided through a set of APIs to the logical controller 405 also includes middlebox configuration data. As shown, the logical controller 405 receives the middlebox configuration data and sends it to the physical controllers 410 and 415. Then, the physical controllers 410 and 415 forward the middlebox configuration data along with the attachment data and slicing data that the physical controllers 410 and 415 generated to the middlebox 440 through a set of API calls.
  • the middlebox 440 translates the middlebox configuration data. For instance, in some embodiments, the middlebox configuration data will be received in a particular language to express the packet processing, analysis, modification, etc. rules.
  • the middlebox 440 of some such embodiments translates the middlebox configuration data by compiling these rules into more optimized packet classification rules. In some embodiments, this transformation is similar to the physical control plane to physical forwarding plane data translation.
  • the middlebox 440 applies the compiled optimized rules in order to efficiently and quickly perform its operations on the packet.
  • the slicing data generated by the physical controller 415 includes of a unique identifier associated with a middlebox in a logical network.
  • the middlebox 440 implements multiple middleboxes.
  • the packet includes a prepended tag (e.g., similar to a virtual local area network (VLAN) tag) that identifies a middlebox instance in the middlebox 440 for the middlebox 440 to use for processing the packet.
  • VLAN virtual local area network
  • the middlebox 440 translates this slicing information into an internal slice binding.
  • the middlebox uses its own internal identifiers (different from the tags prepended to the packets) in order to identify states (e.g., active TCP connections, statistics about various IP addresses, etc.) within the middlebox.
  • states e.g., active TCP connections, statistics about various IP addresses, etc.
  • the middlebox 440 Upon receiving (1) a request to create a middlebox instance and (2) an external identifier (the unique identifier used on the packets) for the middlebox instance, the middlebox 440 of some embodiments automatically creates the middlebox instance and assigns the middlebox instance an internal identifier.
  • the middlebox stores a binding for the middlebox instance that maps the external slice identifier to the internal slice identifier.
  • Figure 6 illustrates example architecture of a network controller (e.g., a logical controller or a physical controller) 600.
  • the network controller of some embodiments uses a table mapping engine to map data from an input set of tables to data in an output set of tables.
  • the input set of tables in a controller include logical control plane (LCP) data to be mapped to logical forwarding plane (LFP) data, LFP data to be mapped to universal physical control plane (UPCP) data, and/or UPCP data to be mapped to customized physical control plane (CPCP) data.
  • LCP logical control plane
  • UPCP universal physical control plane
  • CPCP customized physical control plane
  • the input set of tables may also include middlebox configuration data to be sent to another controller and/or a distributed middlebox instance.
  • the network controller 600 includes input tables 615, an rules engine 610, output tables 620, an importer 630, an exporter 635, a translator 635, and a persistent data storage (PTD) 640.
  • PTD
  • the input tables 615 include tables with different types of data depending on the role of the controller 600 in the network control system. For instance, when the controller 600 functions as a logical controller for a user's logical forwarding elements, the input tables 615 include LCP data and LFP data for the logical forwarding elements. When the controller 600 functions as a physical controller, the input tables 615 include LFP data.
  • the input tables 615 also include middlebox configuration data received from the user or another controller. The middlebox configuration data is associated with a logical datapath set parameter that identifies the logical switching elements to which the middlebox to be is integrated.
  • control application 600 includes other miscellaneous tables (not shown) that the rules engine 610 uses to gather inputs for its table mapping operations.
  • These miscellaneous tables tables include constant tables that store defined values for constants that the rules engine 610 needs to perform its table mapping operations (e.g., the value 0, a dispatch port number for resubmits, etc.).
  • the miscellaneous tables further include function tables that store functions that the rules engine 610 uses to calculate values to populate the output tables 625.
  • the rules engine 610 performs table mapping operations that specifies one manner for converting input data to output data. Whenever one of the input tables is modified (referred to as an input table event), the rules engine performs a set of table mapping operations that may result in the modification of one or more data tuples in one or more output tables.
  • the rules engine 610 includes an event processor (not shown), several query plans (not shown), and a table processor (not shown). Each query plan is a set of rules that specifies a set of join operations that are to be performed upon the occurrence of an input table event.
  • the event processor of the rules engine 610 detects the occurrence of each such event.
  • the event processor registers for callbacks with the input tables for notification of changes to the records in the input tables 615. and detects an input table event by receiving a notification from an input table when one of its records has changed.
  • the event processor In response to a detected input table event, the event processor (1) selects an appropriate query plan for the detected table event, and (2) directs the table processor to execute the query plan.
  • the table processor In some embodiments, performs the join operations specified by the query plan to produce one or more records that represent one or more sets of data values from one or more input and miscellaneous tables.
  • the table processor of some embodiments then (1) performs a select operation to select a subset of the data values from the record(s) produced by the join operations, and (2) writes the selected subset of data values in one or more output tables 620.
  • nLog uses a variation of the datalog database language to allow application developers to create the rules engine for the controller, and thereby to specify the manner by which the controller maps logical datapath sets to the controlled physical switching infrastructure.
  • This variation of the datalog database language is referred to herein as nLog.
  • nLog provides a few declaratory rules and operators that allow a developer to specify different operations that are to be performed upon the occurrence of different events.
  • nLog provides a limited subset of the operators that are provided by datalog in order to increase the operational speed of nLog. For instance, in some embodiments, nLog only allows the AND operator to be used in any of the declaratory rules.
  • nLog engine The declaratory rules and operations that are specified through nLog are then compiled into a much larger set of rules by an nLog compiler.
  • this compiler translates each rule that is meant to address an event into several sets of database join operations.
  • Collectively the larger set of rules forms the table mapping rules engine that is referred to as the nLog engine.
  • Some embodiments designate the first join operation that is performed by the rules engine for an input event to be based on the logical datapath set parameter. This designation ensures that the rules engine's join operations fail and terminate immediately when the rules engine has started a set of join operations that relate to a logical datapath set (i.e., to a logical network) that is not managed by the controller.
  • the output tables 620 include tables with different types of data depending on the role of the controller 600.
  • the output tables 615 include LFP data and UPCP data for the logical switching elements.
  • the output tables 620 include CPCP data.
  • the output tables 615 may also include the middlebox configuration data.
  • the output tables 615 may include a slice identifier when the controller 600 functions as a physical controller.
  • the output tables 620 can be grouped into several different categories.
  • the output tables 620 can be rules engine (RE) input tables and/or RE output tables.
  • An output table is a RE input table when a change in the output table causes the rules engine to detect an input event that requires the execution of a query plan.
  • An output table can also be an RE input table that generates an event that causes the rules engine to perform another query plan.
  • An output table is a RE output table when a change in the output table causes the exporter 625 to export the change to another controller or a MSE.
  • An output table can be an RE input table, a RE output table, or both an RE input table and a RE output table.
  • the exporter 625 detects changes to the RE output tables of the output tables 620. In some embodiments, the exporter registers for callbacks with the RE output tables for notification of changes to the records of the RE output tables. In such embodiments, the exporter 625 detects an output table event when it receives notification from a RE output table that one of its records has changed.
  • the exporter 625 takes each modified data tuple in the modified RE output tables and propagates this modified data tuple to one or more other controllers or to one or more MSEs.
  • the exporter uses a single channel of communication (e.g., a RPC channel) to send the data contained in the records.
  • the exporter uses two channels. One channel is established using a switch control protocol (e.g., OpenFlow) for writing flow entries in the control plane of the MSE.
  • the other channel is established using a database communication protocol (e.g., JSON) to send configuration data (e.g., port configuration, tunnel information).
  • the controller 600 does not keep in the output tables 620 the data for logical datapath sets that the controller is not responsible for managing (i.e., for logical networks managed by other logical controllers). However, such data is translated by the translator 635 into a format that can be stored in the PTD 640 and is then stored in the PTD. The PTD 640 propagates this data to PTDs of one or more other controllers so that those other controllers that are responsible for managing the logical datapath sets can process the data. In some embodiments, the controller also brings the data stored in the output tables 620 to the PTD for resiliency of the data. Therefore, in these embodiments, a PTD of a controller has all the configuration data for all logical datapath sets managed by the network control system. That is, each PTD contains the global view of the configuration of the logical networks of all users.
  • the importer 630 interfaces with a number of different sources of input data and uses the input data to modify or create the input tables 610.
  • the importer 620 of some embodiments receives the input data from another controller.
  • the importer 620 also interfaces with the PTD 640 so that data received through the PTD from other controller instances can be translated and used as input data to modify or create the input tables 610.
  • the importer 620 also detects changes with the RE input tables in the output tables 630.
  • Figure 7 conceptually illustrates a software architecture of a middlebox 700 of some embodiments.
  • Figure 7 illustrates the middlebox 700, a physical controller 725, and a logical network 730 implemented by managed switching elements 735-745.
  • the middlebox 700 is used to implement each middlebox element of a distributed middlebox (e.g., the middlebox elements 305-315 for the distributed middlebox described above in Figure 3).
  • the middlebox 700 of some embodiments is used to implement a centralized middlebox (e.g., the middlebox 260 described above by reference to Figure 2 or the middlebox 440 described above by reference to Figure 4).
  • the middlebox 700 is implemented as a physical device, a set of physical devices (e.g., a cluster of physical devices), a virtual machine operating on a computer device, a software application or module running on a computing device or a virtual machine, a process (e.g., a process within a hypervisor), etc.
  • the middlebox 700 is used to implement multiple middleboxes (e.g., different middleboxes for the same logical network, different middleboxes for different logical networks, etc.).
  • the middlebox 700 of some embodiments employs a slicing technique to facilitate the implementation of multiple middleboxes on the middlebox 700.
  • the middlebox 700 creates a middlebox instance that operates on the middlebox 700 for each middlebox that the middlebox 700 implements.
  • the managed switching element of some embodiments appends (e.g., prepends) a slice identifier (or tag) on the packet to identifv a middlebox instance in the middlebox 700 to process the packet.
  • the middlebox 700 uses the slice identifier to identify the middlebox instance that corresponds to the slice identifier and processes the packet using the identified middlebox instance.
  • the middlebox 700 includes a control plane 705, a control plane interface 710, a data plane 715, and a data plane interface 720.
  • the control plane interface 710 receives data for creating and configuring a middlebox instance for implementing a middlebox in a logical network.
  • a user in some embodiments specifies middlebox configuration data for configuring a middlebox in a logical network.
  • the user provides this configuration data to a logical controller of network control system that forwards the middlebox configuration data to a physical controller of the network control system, which forwards the configuration data to the middlebox.
  • control plane interface 710 provides a set of APIs for receiving middlebox configuring data from the physical controller 725.
  • the set of APIs of some embodiments are implemented as a web service for receiving middlebox configuration data from the physical controller 725 over a communication protocol (e.g., a hypertext transfer protocol secure (HTTPS) protocol).
  • HTTPS hypertext transfer protocol secure
  • the middlebox configuration data is represented using JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), Extensible Markup Language (XML), etc.
  • the middlebox configuration data includes tunnel data for establishing a tunnel to each managed switching element with which the centralized middlebox communicates.
  • the tunnel data is represented by a data structure that specifies an IP address of the managed switching element with which to establish a tunnel, a tunnel type of the tunnel (e.g., (e.g., a VLAN tunnel, a stateless transport tunneling (STT) tunnel, a GRE tunnel, a CAPWAP tunnel, a WCCP tunnel, etc.)), and an encapsulation label.
  • the encapsulation label includes an identifier (e.g., slicing data) that identifies a middlebox instance in the middlebox 700. The identified middlebox instance is used for processing packets having slice identifiers that match the encapsulation label's identifier.
  • the centralized middlebox when network data reaches a centralized middlebox, the centralized middlebox performs its configured functions on the network data.
  • the centralized middlebox of different embodiments handles the network data forwarding differently. For instance, the centralized middlebox of some embodiments sends the network data (or a copy of the network data) to a pool node (e.g., the pool node described bv below bv reference to Figure 3) to perform the first-hop logical processing on the network data and forward the network data to its destination.
  • a pool node e.g., the pool node described bv below bv reference to Figure 3
  • the centralized middlebox performs the first-hop logical processing on the network data and forwards the network data to its destination. For example, in some embodiments where a logical network includes a logical L2 switch and a logical middlebox, the centralized middlebox of some embodiments performs the logical processing (i.e. L2 logical processing) on the network data. Based on the logical forwarding decision, the centralized middlebox forwards the network data to the appropriate managed switching element for forwarding to its destination.
  • logical processing i.e. L2 logical processing
  • control plane interface 710 is used to collect data related to middlebox slices in the middlebox 700 and to provide the data to a user (e.g., the user that configured the logical network).
  • data related to middlebox slices includes state information and statistical information related to the middlebox slices in the middlebox 700. Different embodiments store the data differently. Some embodiments use a table, a database, a hash table, etc.
  • the control plane interface 710 of some embodiments provides APIs that allow both synchronous (also referred to as blocking) operations and asynchronous (also referred to as non-blocking) operations.
  • synchronous also referred to as blocking
  • non-blocking also referred to as non-blocking
  • the middlebox 700 of some embodiments does not complete a packet processing operation before the state update for the state of a middlebox slice is disseminated for other middlebox slices that require access to the state. Thus, if a particular middlebox fails, the other middlebox slices is able to carry over the packet processing without any impact to end-user traffic.
  • the middlebox 700 of some embodiments performs packet processing operations independently from the dissemination of state updates.
  • the control plane interface 710 of some embodiments provides primitives to manage data related to the middlebox slices (active and inactive middlebox slices).
  • the control plane interface 710 receives requests to invoke primitives from the physical controller 725 while, in other embodiments, the control plane interface 710 receives requests to invoke the primitives from the logical controller responsible for implementing of the logical network. Yet, in some embodiments, the control plane interface 710 receives requests to invoke primitives from both the physical controller 725 and the logical controller.
  • the control plane interface 710 sends query results for primitives that query for information to the physical controller 725 while, in other embodiments, the control plane interface 710 sends the query results to the logical controller.
  • the primitives provided by the control plane interface 710 of some embodiments include a put primitive for adding and/or modifying state information related to a middlebox slice, a remove primitive for removing state information related to a middlebox slice, a get primitive for querying state information related to a middlebox slice, and a configuration primitive for querying configuration information related to a middlebox slice.
  • the put primitive requires a slice identifier for identifying the middlebox slice, a key identifier for identifying an attribute of the middlebox slice, a state identifier for specifying a state of the attribute of the middlebox slice, time-to-live data specifying an amount of time for the state of the attribute lives before being removed, and a blocking flag for specifying the mode of operation (e.g., asynchronous mode, synchronous mode, etc.) for performing the put primitive.
  • the mode of operation e.g., asynchronous mode, synchronous mode, etc.
  • the remove primitive in some embodiments requires a slice identifier for identifying the middlebox slice, a key identifier for identifying an attribute of the middlebox slice, and a blocking flag for specifying the mode of operation (e.g., asynchronous mode, synchronous mode, etc.) for performing the remove primitive.
  • a slice identifier for identifying the middlebox slice
  • a key identifier for identifying an attribute of the middlebox slice
  • a blocking flag for specifying the mode of operation (e.g., asynchronous mode, synchronous mode, etc.) for performing the remove primitive.
  • Using the get primitive to query state information related to a middlebox slice in the middlebox 700 requires a slice identifier for identifying the middlebox slice, a key identifier for identifying an attribute of the middlebox slice, and a blocking flag for specifying the mode of operation (e.g., asynchronous mode, synchronous mode, etc.) for performing the remove primitive.
  • a mode of operation e.g., asynchronous mode, synchronous mode, etc.
  • the configuration primitive of some embodiments is for querying configuration information related to a middlebox slice in the middlebox 700.
  • the configuration primitive requires a slice identifier for identifying the middlebox slice.
  • the control plane interface 710 of some embodiments provides statistical information related to middlebox slices in the middlebox 700 through APIS.
  • the middlebox 700 of different embodiments provide different types of statistical data.
  • the control plane interface 710 of some embodiments provides information about throughput for public load- balanced virtual IPs and protocols, packets per second numbers for public load-balanced virtual IPs and protocols, connection statistics regarding active load-balanced connections, etc.
  • control plane interface 710 of some embodiments provides information about connection statistics regarding the active connections, summary statistics regarding current passing network traffic, statistics for a firewall rule (e.g., the number of connections denied and/or accepted based on the firewall rule), etc.
  • the control plane 705 manages the middlebox instances in the middlebox 700. For example, when the control plane 705 receives middlebox configuration data for a middlebox in a logical network (through the control plane interface 710), the control plane 705 creates a middlebox instance. When creating a middlebox instance, the control plane 705 of some embodiments compiles rules (e.g., packet processing, analysis, modification, etc. rules) for a middlebox specified in a logical network (e.g., the logical network 730 in this example) into more optimized packet classification rules that the data plane 715 uses to process packets.
  • rules e.g., packet processing, analysis, modification, etc. rules
  • control plane 705 assigns the optimized packet classification rules an internal unique identifier and stores a mapping that binds (e.g., associates) the assigned internal unique identifier with the slice identifier associated with the middlebox in the logical network.
  • control plane 705 of some embodiments creates a middlebox instance when the control plane 705 receives middlebox configuration data for a middlebox in a logical network. In some embodiments, the control plane 705 of some embodiments creates a middlebox instance when the control plane 705 receives a slice identifier from the physical controller 725.
  • Figure 8 conceptually illustrates a technique for creating a middlebox instance according to some embodiments of the invention. Specifically, Figure 8 illustrate the middlebox 700 at three different stages 805-815 that show creating a middlebox instance in response to receiving a slice identifier.
  • the first stage 805 shows that the middlebox 700 has middlebox instances 1, 2, and 3.
  • the middlebox 700 includes a set of mappings 820 that each associates an internal unique identifier (referred to as a middlebox instance identifier in this example) assigned to a middlebox instance with a slice identifier that identifies a middlebox in a logical network.
  • the set of mappings 820 includes a mapping that associates a slice identifier "D" with an internal unique identifier "1”, a mapping that associates a slice identifier "H” with an internal unique identifier "2”, and a mapping that associates a slice identifier "M” with an internal unique identifier "3".
  • the set of mappings 820 are stored in a volatile storage (e.g., random access memory (RAM)), a nonvolatile storage, in a database (e.g., a relational database), etc.
  • a volatile storage e.g., random access memory (RAM)
  • a nonvolatile storage e.g., in a database
  • database e.g., a relational database
  • the second stage 810 illustrates the middlebox 700 receiving a request to create a middlebox instance.
  • the physical controller 725 is sending the middlebox 700 a command (using a Create Middlebox command in this example) for creating a middlebox instance associated with a slice identifier "Y".
  • the middlebox 700 e.g., the control plane 710 creates a middlebox instance when the middlebox 700 receives the command from the physical controller 725.
  • the third stage 815 shows the middlebox 700 after the middlebox 700 creates a middlebox instance in response to the command illustrated in the second stage 810.
  • the middlebox 700 e.g., the control plane 710 assigns the created middlebox instance an internal unique identifier "4".
  • the middlebox 700 e.g., the control plane 710) then adds a mapping to the set of mappings 820 that associates the slice identifier "Y" with the internal unique identifier "4".
  • the middlebox 700 includes a feature for dynamically learning middlebox slices.
  • the middlebox 700 of some such embodiments learns slices by analyzing packets receiving over the data plane interface and detecting when slices appear and disappear.
  • the middlebox 700 provides the slice learning feature when the middlebox 700 implements a middlebox that requires little to no configuration in order to operate. Examples of such middleboxes include a middlebox for accelerating network data, a middlebox for caching network data, etc.
  • Figure 9 conceptually illustrates another technique for creating a middlebox instance according to some embodiments of the invention.
  • Figure 9 illustrate the middlebox 700 at three different stages 905-915 that show dynamically creating a middlebox instance in response receiving a packet with an unknown slice identifier.
  • the first stage 905 is similar to the first stage 805 described above by reference to Figure 8 except the first stage 905 shows the managed switching element 735 coupled to the middlebox 700 instead of the physical controller 725. Accordingly, the middlebox 700 at this stage the set of mappings 820 that associates the slice identifier "D" with the internal unique identifier "1", the slice identifier "H” with the internal unique identifier "2", and the slice identifier "M” with the internal unique identifier "3".
  • the second stage 910 illustrates the middlebox 700 receiving a packet from the managed switching element 735 (through a tunnel in some embodiments).
  • the middlebox 700 e.g., the data plane interface 720
  • the middlebox 700 processes the packet and identifies the slice identifier in the packet.
  • the middlebox 700 examines the set of mappings 820 to determine whether it contains a mapping with the slice identifier in the packet. As shown, the packet in this example has a slice identifier "Y" and the set of mappings 820 does not include a mapping with a slice identifier "Y".
  • the middlebox 700 determines that the set of mappings 820 does not contain a mapping with the slice identifier in the packet, the middlebox 700 (e.g., the control plane 710) automatically creates a middlebox instance (e.g., using a default configuration or no configuration at all), assigns the created middlebox instance an internal unique identifier, and adds a mapping to the set of mappings 820 that associates the slice identifier of the packet with the internal unique identifier.
  • a middlebox instance e.g., using a default configuration or no configuration at all
  • the third stage 915 shows the middlebox 700 after the middlebox 700 dynamically creates a middlebox instance in response to determining that the middlebox 700 does not have a middlebox instance associated with the packet illustrated in the second stage 910. For this example, when the middlebox 700 creates the middlebox instance, the middlebox 700
  • the middlebox 700 (e.g., the control plane 710) assigns the created middlebox instance an internal unique identifier "4".
  • the middlebox 700 (e.g., the control plane 710) then adds a mapping to the set of mappings 820 that associates the slice identifier "Y" with the internal unique identifier "4"
  • the data plane interface 720 is for receiving packets forwarded from the logical network 730 (e.g., based on policies specified for the logical network 730).
  • the data plane interface 720 of different embodiments receives packets from different managed switching elements 735-745. For instance, in some embodiments where a centralized middlebox implementation is used, the data plane interface 720 receives packets from all of the managed switching elements 735-745. However, for some embodiments in which a distributed middlebox implementation is used, the data plane interface 720 receives packets from only one of the managed switching elements 735-745.
  • the middlebox 700 of some embodiments when used to implement a middlebox element running on a host illustrated in Figure 3 (e.g., the middlebox element 305, the middlebox element 310, or the middlebox element 315), the data plane interface 720 of such middlebox 700 receives packets from the OVS operating on the same host as the middlebox 700.
  • a middlebox element running on a host illustrated in Figure 3
  • the data plane interface 720 of such middlebox 700 receives packets from the OVS operating on the same host as the middlebox 700.
  • the data plane interface 720 of some embodiments is also for sending processed packets back to the logical network 730.
  • the middlebox 700 processes the packets received from the logical network 730 and sends the processed packets back to the logical network 730.
  • the middlebox 700 sends a copy of the processed packets (as new packets) back to the logical network 730.
  • the data plane 715 of the middlebox 700 is for processing the packets received from the logical network 730 (through the data plane interface 720).
  • the data plane 715 accesses middlebox 700 's mappings to identify the mapping that associates the internal unique identifier associated with the slice identifier specified in the network data.
  • the data plane 715 then applies to the network data the compiled optimized rules to which the internal unique identifier in the identified mapping is assigned, in order to efficiently and quickly process the network data.
  • the middlebox 700 is implemented on a machine (e.g., a computing device or a virtual machine) that includes a kernel and a user space (e.g., a kernel and a user space of an operating system, such as Linux, running on the machine.).
  • a machine e.g., a computing device or a virtual machine
  • a kernel and a user space e.g., a kernel and a user space of an operating system, such as Linux, running on the machine.
  • the middlebox 700 implement the middlebox 700 on the machine differently.
  • the data plane 715 and the data plane interface 720 operate in the kernel of the machine while the control plane 705 and the control plane interface 710 operate in the user space of the machine.
  • the middlebox 700 of some embodiments is implemented with the data plane 715, the data plane interface 715, the control plane 705, and the control plane interface 710 all operating in the user space of the kernel.
  • the kernel exposes a set of network interfaces that is substantially or completely controllable by the user space (e.g., using a role in the user space that gives sufficient privileges to control the set of network interfaces).
  • Computer readable storage medium also referred to as computer readable medium.
  • these instructions are executed by one or more computational or processing unit(s) (e.g., one or more processors, cores of processors, or other processing units), they cause the processing unit(s) to perform the actions indicated in the instructions.
  • computational or processing unit(s) e.g., one or more processors, cores of processors, or other processing units
  • Examples of computer readable media include, but are not limited to, CD-ROMs, flash drives, random access memory (RAM) chips, hard drives, erasable programmable read-only memories (EPROMs), electrically erasable programmable read-only memories (EEPROMs), etc.
  • the computer readable media does not include carrier waves and electronic signals passing wirelessly or over wired connections.
  • the term "software” is meant to include firmware residing in read-only memory or applications stored in magnetic storage which can be read into memory for processing by a processor.
  • multiple software inventions can be implemented as sub-parts of a larger program while remaining distinct software inventions.
  • multiple software inventions can also be implemented as separate programs.
  • any combination of separate programs that together implement a software invention described here is within the scope of the invention.
  • the software programs when installed to operate on one or more electronic systems, define one or more specific machine implementations that execute and perform the operations of the software programs.
  • FIG. 10 conceptually illustrates an electronic system 1000 with which some embodiments of the invention are implemented.
  • the electronic system 1000 may be a computer (e.g., a desktop computer, personal computer, tablet computer, etc.), phone, PDA, or any other sort of electronic or computing device.
  • Such an electronic system includes various types of computer readable media and interfaces for various other types of computer readable media.
  • Electronic system 1000 includes a bus 1005, processing unit(s) 1010, a graphics processing unit (GPU) 1015, a system memory 1020, a network 1025, a read-only memory 1030, a permanent storage device 1035, input devices 1040, and output devices 1045.
  • GPU graphics processing unit
  • the bus 1005 collectively represents all system, peripheral, and chipset buses that communicatively connect the numerous internal devices of the electronic system 1000.
  • the bus 1005 communicatively connects the processing unit(s) 1010 with the readonly memory 1030, the GPU 1015, the system memory 1020, and the permanent storage device 1035.
  • the processing unit(s) 1010 retrieves instructions to execute and data to process in order to execute the processes of the invention.
  • the processing unit(s) may be a single processor or a multi-core processor in different embodiments. Some instructions are passed to and executed by the GPU 1015.
  • the GPU 1015 can offload various computations or complement the image processing provided by the processing unit(s) 1010.
  • the read-only-memory (ROM) 1030 stores static data and instructions that are needed by the processing unit(s) 1010 and other modules of the electronic system.
  • the permanent storage device 1035 is a read-and-write memory device. This device is a non-volatile memory unit that stores instructions and data even when the electronic system 1000 is off. Some embodiments of the invention use a mass-storaee device (such as a magnetic or optical disk and its corresponding disk drive) as the permanent storage device 1035.
  • the system memory 1020 is a read-and- write memory device. However, unlike storage device 1035, the system memory 1020 is a volatile read-and- write memory, such a random access memory.
  • the system memory 1020 stores some of the instructions and data that the processor needs at runtime.
  • the invention's processes are stored in the system memory 1020, the permanent storage device 1035, and/or the read-only memory 1030. From these various memory units, the processing unit(s) 1010 retrieves instructions to execute and data to process in order to execute the processes of some embodiments.
  • the bus 1005 also connects to the input and output devices 1040 and 1045.
  • the input devices 1040 enable the user to communicate information and select commands to the electronic system.
  • the input devices 1040 include alphanumeric keyboards and pointing devices (also called “cursor control devices"), cameras (e.g., webcams), microphones or similar devices for receiving voice commands, etc.
  • the output devices 1045 display images generated by the electronic system or otherwise output data.
  • the output devices 1045 include printers and display devices, such as cathode ray tubes (CRT) or liquid crystal displays (LCD), as well as speakers or similar audio output devices. Some embodiments include devices such as a touchscreen that function as both input and output devices.
  • bus 1005 also couples electronic system 1000 to a network 1025 through a network adapter (not shown).
  • the computer can be a part of a network of computers (such as a local area network (“LAN”), a wide area network (“WAN”), or an Intranet, or a network of networks, such as the Internet. Any or all components of electronic system 1000 may be used in conjunction with the invention.
  • Some embodiments include electronic components, such as microprocessors, storage and memory that store computer program instructions in a machine-readable or computer- readable medium (alternatively referred to as computer-readable storage media, machine - readable media, or machine-readable storage media).
  • computer- readable media include RAM, ROM, read-only compact discs (CD-ROM), recordable compact discs (CD-R), rewritable compact discs (CD-RW), read-only digital versatile discs (e.g., DVD-ROM, dual-layer DVD-ROM), a variety of recordable/rewritable DVDs (e.g., DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, etc.), flash memory (e.g.. SD cards. mini-SD cards.
  • the computer-readable media may store a computer program that is executable by at least one processing unit and includes sets of instructions for performing various operations.
  • Examples of computer programs or computer code include machine code, such as is produced by a compiler, and files including higher-level code that are executed by a computer, an electronic component, or a microprocessor using an interpreter.
  • ASICs application specific integrated circuits
  • FPGAs field programmable gate arrays
  • PLDs programmable logic devices
  • ROM read only memory
  • RAM random access memory
  • the terms "computer”, “server”, “processor”, and “memory” all refer to electronic or other technological devices. These terms exclude people or groups of people.
  • display or displaying means displaying on an electronic device.
  • the terms "computer readable medium,” “computer readable media,” and “machine readable medium” are entirely restricted to tangible, physical objects that store information in a form that is readable by a computer. These terms exclude any wireless signals, wired download signals, and any other ephemeral signals.

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Certains modes de réalisation de la présente invention prévoient un support informatisé non transitoire d'un premier élément de boîtier intermédiaire de plusieurs éléments de boîtiers intermédiaires, permettant de mettre en œuvre une instance de boîtier intermédiaire d'une manière distribuée chez plusieurs hôtes. Le support informatisé non transitoire contient un ensemble d'instructions pour la réception (1) de données de configuration permettant de configurer l'instance de boîtier intermédiaire pour mettre en œuvre un boîtier intermédiaire sur un réseau logique et (2) un identifiant particulier associé au boîtier intermédiaire sur le réseau logique. Le support informatisé non transitoire contient un ensemble d'instructions pour produire (1) un ensemble de règles pour le traitement des paquets pour le boîtier intermédiaire dans le réseau logique et (2) un identifiant interne associé à l'ensemble de règles. Le support informatisé non transitoire contient un ensemble d'instructions pour associer l'identifiant particulier à l'identifiant interne en vue du traitement ultérieur des paquets ayant l'identifiant particulier.
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